Tomorrow, the evening of Friday the 20th of August, I shall leave behind the sweltering swamp that our nation’s capital becomes in summer, to venture into the temperate land of beauty we call California, where I will meet my grandparents for a two week vacation. I spent a week there for Cato University at the [...]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has sparked privacy concerns with recent comments. I explain why we have little to fear.
The Huffington Post has put up a feature it calls “Fundrace,” which allows users to search by address, city, name, occupation, or employer to find out who has made campaign donations of $200 or more, of which federal law requires public disclosure. On a whim, I did a vanity search for my name, even though [...]
On December 25 of every year, a wonderous celebration takes place: We scarf down copious amounts of food, imbibe generous portions of alcohol, and give and receive presents in joyous approbation of the money, greed, free enterprise, industriousness, decadence, and gluttony that define our culture. We should do that; it promotes recognizance of what we [...]
In San Francisco, California, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton has ruled compulsory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional. Next, the case will go to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled against “under God” in the Pledge a few years ago, and then to the United States Supreme Court, [...]
Avid watchers of the news over the past decade will have noticed something: Media companies now package the news as they do TV programs, motion pictures, and DVD releases.
Consider the coverage of Hurricane Katrina over the last few days. The news channels regaled their audiences with snazzy logos for the crisis. CNN even billed itself [...]
Something has enraged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic Senator from New York, and for once, it’s not the latest stratagem of the Republican Party. What has inspired her ire is… a video game. Specifically, this:
I haven’t played the game, but I’ve read it allows players to control a main character who fights both street gangs [...]
The Washington Post is one of the elite newspapers of the United States. It’s the only newspaper, aside from the New York Times and USA Today, that one could call a national newspaper. What is a headline on the front page of the Washington Post’s website? Tom Cruise Proposes to Holmes at Eiffel Tower.
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